''Cebrennus'' is a
genus of
huntsman spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
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''Cebrennus rechenbergi'', also known as the Moroccan flic-flac spider and cartwheeling spider, is a species of huntsman spider indigenous to the sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert in Morocco. If provoked or threatened it can escape by doubling ...
(''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escape threats, was first described in 2014.
Species
it contains nineteen species, found in Africa, Asia, on
Malta, and in
Spain:
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Cebrennus aethiopicus
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
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Simon, 1880 –
Egypt,
Ethiopia,
Eritrea
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,
Sudan
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,
Djibouti,
Saudi Arabia
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Cebrennus atlas
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
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Jäger, 2014 –
Morocco
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Cebrennus castaneitarsis''
Simon, 1880 – Algeria to Israel
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Cebrennus concolor
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
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(Denis, 1947) – Egypt
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Cebrennus cultrifer
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
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Fage, 1921 –
Algeria
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Cebrennus flagellatus
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
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Jäger, 2014 –
Afghanistan
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Cebrennus intermedius
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
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Jäger, 2000 – Saudi Arabia
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Cebrennus kochi
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
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(O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1872) –
Syria
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,
Israel
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Cebrennus laurae
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
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Jäger, 2014 – Canary Is.
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Cebrennus logunovi
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
''
Jäger, 2000 –
Turkmenistan
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Cebrennus mayri''
Jäger, 2000 –
Oman
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Cebrennus powelli''
Fage, 1921 – Morocco
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Cebrennus rambodjavani
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
''
Moradmand, Zamani & Jäger, 2016 –
Iran
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Cebrennus rechenbergi
''Cebrennus rechenbergi'', also known as the Moroccan flic-flac spider and cartwheeling spider, is a species of huntsman spider indigenous to the sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert in Morocco. If provoked or threatened it can escape by doubli ...
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Jäger, 2014 – Morocco
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Cebrennus rungsi
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
''
Jäger, 2000 – Morocco
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Cebrennus sumer''
Al-Khazali & Jäger, 2019 –
Iraq
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Cebrennus tunetanus''
Simon, 1885 –
Tunisia
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Cebrennus villosus
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to esca ...
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(Jézéquel & Junqua, 1966) – Algeria, Tunisia
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Cebrennus wagae
''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''.
The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escap ...
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(Simon, 1874) (
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) –
Malta, Algeria, Tunisia,
Libya
See also
*
List of Sparassidae species
References
Araneomorphae genera
Sparassidae
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
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